Body of Chicago lottery winner exhumed for autopsy

10:17 AM,
Jan. 18, 2013

A backhoe is seen at Rosehill Cemetery in Chicago, Friday, Jan. 18, 2013, as workers begin the process of exhuming the body of Urooj Khan who was poisoned with cyanide after winning the lottery. Khan died in July as he was about to collect $425,000 in lottery winnings. His death was initially ruled a result of natural causes, but a relative pressed for a deeper look and his death was reclassified as a homicide. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

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Authorities have exhumed the body of a Chicago man who was poisoned with cyanide after winning the lottery.

The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office wants to determine exactly how Urooj (oo-ROOJ') Khan died. Spokeswoman Mary Paleologos (PEHL'-ee-oh-loh-gohs) said Friday the autopsy will be performed immediately.

The body was taken away in a black hearse escorted by four police cars. ...